Coming off his shortest professional regular-season outing since last August while he was in Class AA, Cardinals pitching prospect Gordon Graceffo notched the first quality start of his Class AAA career on Saturday with a six-inning performance.
Graceffo, 23, allowed two runs, walked one, and struck out six as he threw 85 pitches and matched a season-best in strikeouts against Indianapolis, the Pirates’ Class AAA affiliate. The outing was the longest of Graceffo’s first four Class AAA starts.
The two runs he gave up both came on a home run allowed in the fourth inning to former big-leaguer Miguel Andujar.